LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Amber Portwood revealed she earns $280,000 a year on “Teen Mom” during a court hearing. Amber Portwood’s MTV salary was questioned by Madison County magistrate Steven Clase. The hearing was concerning her felony count of domestic battery against Gary Shirley and felony count of neglect of dependent Leah.

During that hearing, Clase asked Portwood what she does for a living. “[I'm a] television personality” said Portwood.

Clase was unsure what that exactly meant.

He then asked Portwood how much being a “television personality” pays Portwood. The reference is of course to her appearance on the hit MTV series “Teen Mom”.

After Portwood’s attorney objected, and the court overruled the objection, Portwood revealed that age 20 she makes $280,000! Portwood says the MTV contract is usually six months and for $140,000.  Clase said he was surprised by the TV show  and by the amount of attention Portwood’s case has gotten from local and national news.

In related news, unconfirmed reports claim that Portwood has split with her MMA fighter boyfriend Clinton Yunker.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Mona Yvette Nelson murdered Jonathan Foster, claim Houston police. Mona Yvette Nelson has been charged with the Foster’s murder. Nelson has admitted to being with Foster but not admitted to his killing.

In a news briefing today, Houston police spokesman Kese Smith confirms that Nelson has placed herself with the missing 12 year old shortly after his disappearance. Nelson was last seen as his mother’s north Houston apartment on Christmas Eve. Foster was a fifth grader at Durham Elementary in HISD. Foster’s stepfather last saw him alive shortly before 2 pm Christmas Eve. Foster’s mother reported him missing roughly seven hours later.

Yesterday, LALATE reported one woman was in custody. Today, police identified that female as Nelson; police report that Nelson has been charged with the capital murder of the 12 year old.

Police still don’t have a motive.

Foster’s mother Angela Davis said she’s only met Nelson once, and that was the night her son disappeared. Today police told news that Foster was abducted after staying alone at home.

Nelson is a reported friend of his mother’s roommate and friend of his baby sister. Nelson previously served time for a probation matter stemming from a 1984 robbery. Nelson is not yet represented by an attorney.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Shawnte Willis, the missing snowboarder, has been found dead. Shawnte Willis went missing from friends on Tuesday at the Alpine Meadows Ski Report. Shawnte Willis’ cause of death is still not determined; but police say Willis crashed off the ski trail.

Willis’ family had previously told news that Willis had epilepsy but was an experienced ski instructor.

Jeff Ausnow of the Placer County Sheriff’s Department in a news briefing Thursday said Willis traveled off the Pacific Crest Trail. Officials found her body four hundred feet off the trail, inside a tree well, shortly after 9 am local time Thursday.

Ausnow says Willis died during a crash, but he had no details what prompted the crash. He admitted the region had suffered several weather patterns at the time of her tragedy. But he admitted details prompting the crash won’t be revealed until autopsy results are finished.

Funeral arrangements for Shawnte Marie Willis have not yet been announced. Send your love.

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ORANGE COUNTY (LALATE) – Gretchen Rossi and Tamra Barney are set to battle in a new season of Real Housewives of OC. And while Barney and Rossi will welcome new faces to the cast, there are some changes behind the scenes. While Rossi and Slade Smiley are reportedly together, Barney has had major changes.

Since last season, Barney’s son Ryan Vieth was arrested. In May 2010, Vieth was arrested for an outstanding arrest warrant with bail set at $15,000. Tamra Barney ended last season of Real Housewives of OC by saying “Next season NO CRYING !” But will that be the case?

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Simon’s divorce claimed Tamra was verbally abusive. “Petitioner [Simon] contends that Respondent has been verbally abusive and has committed acts of disloyalty and infidelity.” But in September 2010, Tamra had Simon arrested on charges of domestic violence. Tamra Barney, who dated Eddie Judge (photos below) during 2010, ended the year with both a husband and a son getting mugshots within just months of each other.

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In casting changes, Peggy Tanous and Micah Tanous are joining Real Housewives of Orange County. Peggy Tanous and Micah Tanous fill the picture of a new O.C. cast as Lynne Curtin has been eliminated and replaced by Peggy, friend of last season’s new addition, Alexis Bellino

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A fake video last night suggested that Suge Knight had been arrested for the killing of Tupac Shakur. While Suge Knight was not arrested Wednesday and has not been charged with the killing of Tupac Shakur, the video perhaps exemplified the newest viral threat for 2011, the cutting and pasting together of real news video footage to make a fake claim about a celebrity’s demise.

One year ago this month, fake celebrity deaths were at all time high. Spread via automation, a combination of tweets, and online commenting, fake celebrity deaths were at first believed and sent to friends by unassuming readers.

Last night, a video hit the net that was spread much in the same way. As evidenced by tweets Wednesday evening, readers actually believed the Suge Knight Tupac Shakur video. It featured actual Los Angeles news broadcast footage about Suge Knight and Tupac Shakur. In truth, the video author’s editing was nominal to achieve the potent threat.

The author took two news video clips about Suge Knight and Tupac Shakur and simply put them next together. The result was a seemingly believable video that Suge Knight had been arrested following an investigation into the death of Tupac Shakur. The news footage was not from the same month and not from the same subject.

In just roughly twelve hours, the video has now been seen by over a quarter million people.

The author started their footage with actual news footage from FOX Los Angeles evening news concerning the death of Tupac Shakur. After that, the author put news footage from KTLA Los Angeles’ morning new concerning the arrest of Suge Knight, about a matter unrelated to Tupac.

The video was believable and retweeted. Unless you lived in Los Angeles or watched carefully, you wouldn’t notice that suddenly one station’s anchor was speaking moments after another station’s anchor. Suddenly and KTLA broadcast had interrupted a FOX news broadcast.

The question now remains if last night foreshadows a new threat, if what happened Wednesday night could become the latest threat to celebrities next year. Imagine putting Brett Favre texting scandals news coverage with a video of Angelina Jolie holding her cellphone? Placing Snooki Ball drop footage with a crash scene footage? The concern is real. In the end, the victims are not just the celebrities but also their fans that have to read such fake reports.

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